Short Stories - Literary Devises Title: The Most Dangerous Game Point of View: 3rd person Protagonist: Rainsford What type of character is the Protagonist? RoundAntagonist: General Zaroff Describe the setting On a deserted island in the Caribbean sea, mostly dense jungle. Around the 1940’s 1950’s area. It’s kinda a freaky mood like if something is going on that you're really don’t know yet. Type of Conflict: Man vs. Man Describe the main conflict: Rainsford trying to get off the island and winning General Zaroff’s game by killing him. Describe the Climax of the Story: When Rainsford comes from behind the curtain in General Zaroff’s room. How does the Protagonist change over the course of the story? The protagonist (Rainsford) changes through the story by starting off liking to hunt animals and not caring about how the animal feels. And at the end of the story he doesn’t want to hunt anymore and he understands how the animal feels witch total changes his perspective of hunting. Describe the relationship between the title and the theme. The theme of the story is sympathy and the title is “The Most Dangerous Game”. They are related because you should feel sympathy for people that have to play in a game that is dangerous. How does the main conflict help to illustrate the theme? The theme of the story is sympathy and the main conflict of the story is Rainsford trying not to get killed by General Zaroff. The main conflict helped to illustrate the theme by showing that Rainsford should have treated the animals he hunted with more respect or sympathy because he was getting hunted himself and going through that experience. How does the climax help to illustrate the theme? The theme of the story is sympathy and the climax of the story is when Rainsford comes from behind the curtain in General Zaroff’s room. That helps illustrate the theme by showing that Zaroff should have treated all those animals and people with more respect so he kinda had it coming because he killed so many people and animals. Give examples of each of the following literary terms in the story (use quotes):
Simile: “Ugh! Its like moist black velvet” Metaphor: “This hot wet weather is making you soft, Whitney.” Personification: “But the muffled throb of the engine that moved the yacht swiftly through the darkness.” Symbol: “The old charts call it ‘Ship-Trap Island,’ ” Foreshadowing (give both elements): In the opening sentence Whitney mentions the Shiptrap island is a suggestive name and later they realize they were right when they get trapped. Irony: The hunter is getting hunted. Imagery: “Can’t see it,” remarked Rainsford, trying to peer through the dank tropical night that was palpable as it pressed its thick warm blackness in upon the yacht. Describe the relationships between the class theme and the story. The class theme is HUMANITY and the story relates to that because Connell had a really good sense of humanity with his attitude at the beginning of the story and with his mansion. But then you realized he is very inhuman because he hunts men through the jungle and thinks it’s fun and sees nothing wrong about it.
QUESTIONS: Answer the following questions. /32
1. What is meant by “He lived a year in a minute”? /2 That in that minute it felt like a year had passed by. 2. What is meant by “I am still a beast at bay”? /2 That he is still dangerous and the game is not over for him. 3. In which sea has Connell set Ship-Trap island? /1 The Caribbean 4. How is Zaroff able to finance his life style? /2 By hunting people on his island and hunting animals. 5. If Rainsford wins the hunt, what does Zaroff promise him? /1 That he would be able to leave the island. 6. What happened to Lazarus? /2 He got killed 7. Where does Rainsford spend the first night of his hunt? /1 On a branch of a tree. 8. How many acres did Zaroff’s father have in the Crimea? /1 Big Game hunting selling the meat and fur. 9. Why does Zaroff suggest Rainsford wear moccasins? /1 Because if he wore moccasins it would have made it harder for Zarroff to track him. 10. What caused Rainsford to believe Zaroff knew he was hiding in the tree? Do you think he was right? Give reasons. /3 I think Zaroff knew he was in the tree because he looked up into the tree right where rainsford was and smiled, and he started to relax when he got to the tree. 11. How does Zaroff stock his island with “game”? /2 He traps ships into a face canal witch forces the men to abandon their ship and go to the island. 12. What happened to General Zaroff at the end of the story? /2 He gets killed by Rainsford and his remains got fed to the dogs. 13. Inspite of being hurt, Zaroff congratulates Rainsford on his “Malay mancatcher,” why? /2 Zaroff congratulated Rainsford on his Malay mancatcher because is was giving him a challenge that he wanted and it made it fun for him. 14. How do we know Rainsford is an exceptionally fit man? /2 We know that Rainsford is very fit because he ran for two days straight and made two traps. Also he swimmed from his ship to the island and from one side of the island to another and somehow made his way up to Zaroff’s room to kill him. 15. Discuss the state of mind of Rainsford before he lands on the island versus that after he meets the General. What is different? (Especially about how he perceives animal feelings.)/5 Before Rainsford went to the island he like to hunt for fun and didn’t really care how the animal felt when he was hunting it and killed it. After his experience on the island he knew what it was like to be hunted witch is very scary, and he also doesn’t want to or like to hunt anymore. 16. How does Connell inspire fear without obvious bloodshed/grotesqueness. /3 Connell was able to inspire fear without obvious bloodshed because Rainsford knew what he had done in the past and he seemed a little crazy.
Title:
The Most Dangerous Game
Point of View:
3rd person
Protagonist:
Rainsford
What type of character is the Protagonist?
RoundAntagonist:
General Zaroff
Describe the setting
On a deserted island in the Caribbean sea, mostly dense jungle. Around the 1940’s 1950’s area. It’s kinda a freaky mood like if something is going on that you're really don’t know yet.
Type of Conflict:
Man vs. Man
Describe the main conflict:
Rainsford trying to get off the island and winning General Zaroff’s game by killing him.
Describe the Climax of the Story:
When Rainsford comes from behind the curtain in General Zaroff’s room.
How does the Protagonist change over the course of the story?
The protagonist (Rainsford) changes through the story by starting off liking to hunt animals and not caring about how the animal feels. And at the end of the story he doesn’t want to hunt anymore and he understands how the animal feels witch total changes his perspective of hunting.
Describe the relationship between the title and the theme.
The theme of the story is sympathy and the title is “The Most Dangerous Game”. They are related because you should feel sympathy for people that have to play in a game that is dangerous.
How does the main conflict help to illustrate the theme?
The theme of the story is sympathy and the main conflict of the story is Rainsford trying not to get killed by General Zaroff. The main conflict helped to illustrate the theme by showing that Rainsford should have treated the animals he hunted with more respect or sympathy because he was getting hunted himself and going through that experience.
How does the climax help to illustrate the theme?
The theme of the story is sympathy and the climax of the story is when Rainsford comes from behind the curtain in General Zaroff’s room. That helps illustrate the theme by showing that Zaroff should have treated all those animals and people with more respect so he kinda had it coming because he killed so many people and animals.
Give examples of each of the following literary terms in the story (use quotes):
Simile:
“Ugh! Its like moist black velvet”
Metaphor:
“This hot wet weather is making you soft, Whitney.”
Personification:
“But the muffled throb of the engine that moved the yacht swiftly through the darkness.”
Symbol:
“The old charts call it ‘Ship-Trap Island,’ ”
Foreshadowing (give both elements):
In the opening sentence Whitney mentions the Shiptrap island is a suggestive name and later they realize they were right when they get trapped.
Irony:
The hunter is getting hunted.
Imagery:
“Can’t see it,” remarked Rainsford, trying to peer through the dank tropical night that was palpable as it pressed its thick warm blackness in upon the yacht.
Describe the relationships between the class theme and the story.
The class theme is HUMANITY and the story relates to that because Connell had a really good sense of humanity with his attitude at the beginning of the story and with his mansion. But then you realized he is very inhuman because he hunts men through the jungle and thinks it’s fun and sees nothing wrong about it.
QUESTIONS: Answer the following questions. /32
1. What is meant by “He lived a year in a minute”? /2
That in that minute it felt like a year had passed by.
2. What is meant by “I am still a beast at bay”? /2
That he is still dangerous and the game is not over for him.
3. In which sea has Connell set Ship-Trap island? /1
The Caribbean
4. How is Zaroff able to finance his life style? /2
By hunting people on his island and hunting animals.
5. If Rainsford wins the hunt, what does Zaroff promise him? /1
That he would be able to leave the island.
6. What happened to Lazarus? /2
He got killed
7. Where does Rainsford spend the first night of his hunt? /1
On a branch of a tree.
8. How many acres did Zaroff’s father have in the Crimea? /1
Big Game hunting selling the meat and fur.
9. Why does Zaroff suggest Rainsford wear moccasins? /1
Because if he wore moccasins it would have made it harder for Zarroff to track him.
10. What caused Rainsford to believe Zaroff knew he was hiding in the tree? Do you think he was right? Give reasons. /3
I think Zaroff knew he was in the tree because he looked up into the tree right where rainsford was and smiled, and he started to relax when he got to the tree.
11. How does Zaroff stock his island with “game”? /2
He traps ships into a face canal witch forces the men to abandon their ship and go to the island.
12. What happened to General Zaroff at the end of the story? /2
He gets killed by Rainsford and his remains got fed to the dogs.
13. Inspite of being hurt, Zaroff congratulates Rainsford on his “Malay mancatcher,” why? /2
Zaroff congratulated Rainsford on his Malay mancatcher because is was giving him a challenge that he wanted and it made it fun for him.
14. How do we know Rainsford is an exceptionally fit man? /2
We know that Rainsford is very fit because he ran for two days straight and made two traps. Also he swimmed from his ship to the island and from one side of the island to another and somehow made his way up to Zaroff’s room to kill him.
15. Discuss the state of mind of Rainsford before he lands on the island versus that after he meets the General. What is different? (Especially about how he perceives animal feelings.)/5
Before Rainsford went to the island he like to hunt for fun and didn’t really care how the animal felt when he was hunting it and killed it. After his experience on the island he knew what it was like to be hunted witch is very scary, and he also doesn’t want to or like to hunt anymore.
16. How does Connell inspire fear without obvious bloodshed/grotesqueness. /3
Connell was able to inspire fear without obvious bloodshed because Rainsford knew what he had done in the past and he seemed a little crazy.